Official country name: Eastern Republic of Uruguay. Location: The Eastern Republic of Uruguay is located in the southeastern region of South America. It is bordered by Argentina (to its west), Brasil (to its north and east), and the Atlantic Ocean (to its south and southeast).
Year that country joined the UN: Uruguay joined the UN the 12th of December, 1945.
PEOPLE
What are the people of the country called?
The people of Uruguay are called Uruguayans. What is the official language? What other languages do people speak?
The official language is Spanish but people also speak English, Portuguese and Portuñol, the last one is a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese usually spoken in the Brazilian border. What is the most-practiced religion?
Uruguay has no official religion. However, the main religion is Catholicism.
FLAG
Draw the flag and describe the meaning of its symbols and colours. .
The nine horizontal stripes of the flag of Uruguay represent the nine original departments of Uruguay, and the Sun of May represents a new nation in the world.
How many inhabitants does the country have?
Uruguay has 3,407 million inhabitants. Population density.
Population density in Uruguay was last measured at 19.54 in the year 2014. Birth rate. Reasons.
Uruguay has a birth rate of 13.18 births per thousand population. Some reasons of it are that people usually have children late because of education and they usually have only one child. Death rate. Reasons.
Uruguay has a death rate of 9.48 deaths per thousand population. Some reasons for it are that there is a good healthcare which provides free medical care for those who needed it.
MIGRATIONS
Number of immigrants. Where do they come from? Why?
Most immigrants come to Uruguay from Spain, Italy, Africa and Australia. Teenagers also come from Chile, Brazil and Argentine as the Republic University is free so they come to study their whole careers. A lot of people come here to spend their holidays or last days and they may chose Uruguay as a permanent residence. Number of emigrants. Where do they go? Why?
During the past four decades, 500,000 Uruguayans had emigrated to Brazil, Argentina, Canada, United States, Australia, Spain, Italy, France and Portugal. Very talented Uruguayans had settled in another country and had became famous and locally accepted. Legislation of the country connected to migrations. Institution in charge of migrants.
The legislative power is in charge of migrants. Problems connected with migrations.
GEOGRAPHY
Where is the country?
Uruguay is located in South America. What other nations border the country?
Uruguay is bordered by Argentina and Brasil. What type of landscape does the country have? Positive and negative things of it.
Uruguay is characterised by its scarce altitude, divided into plains and peneplains. Som positive things are that they have fertile soil and are attractive to settlement but the negative thing is that they are hard to defend What kind of climate does it have? Pros and cons of the climate.
In Uruguay the four seasons are clearly differentiate because of temperatura. In summer, the highest temperature is of 43oC and the lowest, of 17oC. in Winter, the lowest temperature is of -5oC and the hightest, of 14oC. This means that the territory is very vulnerable to the climate change.
ECONOMY
What is the most common sector of employment in the country? The economy of Uruguay is controlled by the agricultural sector. What is the unemployment rate of your country (by percentage)? In Uruguay the unemployment rate is of 6.5%. What is the percentage of contribution of its sectors? Services needes by the population in Uruguay take 89.24% of the population; industries take a 5.03%; construction, a 5.56% and agricultura, a 0.12%. Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports. Uruguay consumed about 1100 MW while it produces about 1200MW per year. Uruguay imports about 160 MW and it exports about 150MW.
DOMESTIC POLICY
Which are the current issues that affect your country in domestic policy?
The three main issues that affect Uruguayans in domestic policy are drugs, teaching and public security. Which are the main policies about healthcare?
The State is responsible for all the medical functions in Uruguay, and it provides free medical care for those who need it, particularly for the aged and those who cannot afford medical costs. Which are the main policies about education? Education in Uruguay is compulsory for a total of nine years. Under the initiative of Tabaré Vázquez, uruguay has approved and implemented a program called Ceibal Project which consists of having laptops for every Primary School Children. Taxes and other revenues: In Uruguay, taxes are collected by the General Taxation Directorate. The most important taces are the Value-added tax (22%), the Wealth tax (from 0.7% to 2.75%), and the Income tax. Debt: Uruguay’s debt in the year 2013 was of $17,61 billion.
FOREIGN POLICY
Which are the main current issues that affect your country in foreign policy? Healthcare is an issue that affects the foreign policy. Which are the main conflicts that have affected your country? Some conflicts that have affected Uruguay were the colonization, the struggle for the Independence (1811),the ‘Guerra Grande’ (1839-1852), some social and economic developmented up to 1890, the modernization, the World War II and a dictatorship. Which are the main conflicts that affect your country? No conflicts affect Uruguay nowadays.
Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs:
Armed forces personnel number about 14,000 for the Army, 6,000 for the Navy, and 3,000 for the Air Force.
MY COUNTRY FACTS.
URUGUAY
Official country name: Eastern Republic of Uruguay.Location: The Eastern Republic of Uruguay is located in the southeastern region of South America. It is bordered by Argentina (to its west), Brasil (to its north and east), and the Atlantic Ocean (to its south and southeast).
Year that country joined the UN: Uruguay joined the UN the 12th of December, 1945.
- PEOPLE
What are the people of the country called?The people of Uruguay are called Uruguayans.
What is the official language? What other languages do people speak?
The official language is Spanish but people also speak English, Portuguese and Portuñol, the last one is a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese usually spoken in the Brazilian border.
What is the most-practiced religion?
Uruguay has no official religion. However, the main religion is Catholicism.
- FLAG
Draw the flag and describe the meaning of its symbols and colours..
The nine horizontal stripes of the flag of Uruguay represent the nine original departments of Uruguay, and the Sun of May represents a new nation in the world.
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- POPULATION
How many inhabitants does the country have?Uruguay has 3,407 million inhabitants.
Population density.
Population density in Uruguay was last measured at 19.54 in the year 2014.
Birth rate. Reasons.
Uruguay has a birth rate of 13.18 births per thousand population. Some reasons of it are that people usually have children late because of education and they usually have only one child.
Death rate. Reasons.
Uruguay has a death rate of 9.48 deaths per thousand population. Some reasons for it are that there is a good healthcare which provides free medical care for those who needed it.
- MIGRATIONS
Number of immigrants. Where do they come from? Why?Most immigrants come to Uruguay from Spain, Italy, Africa and Australia. Teenagers also come from Chile, Brazil and Argentine as the Republic University is free so they come to study their whole careers. A lot of people come here to spend their holidays or last days and they may chose Uruguay as a permanent residence.
Number of emigrants. Where do they go? Why?
During the past four decades, 500,000 Uruguayans had emigrated to Brazil, Argentina, Canada, United States, Australia, Spain, Italy, France and Portugal. Very talented Uruguayans had settled in another country and had became famous and locally accepted.
Legislation of the country connected to migrations.
Institution in charge of migrants.
The legislative power is in charge of migrants.
Problems connected with migrations.
- GEOGRAPHY
Where is the country?Uruguay is located in South America.
What other nations border the country?
Uruguay is bordered by Argentina and Brasil.
What type of landscape does the country have? Positive and negative things of it.
Uruguay is characterised by its scarce altitude, divided into plains and peneplains. Som positive things are that they have fertile soil and are attractive to settlement but the negative thing is that they are hard to defend
What kind of climate does it have? Pros and cons of the climate.
In Uruguay the four seasons are clearly differentiate because of temperatura. In summer, the highest temperature is of 43oC and the lowest, of 17oC. in Winter, the lowest temperature is of -5oC and the hightest, of 14oC. This means that the territory is very vulnerable to the climate change.
- ECONOMY
What is the most common sector of employment in the country?The economy of Uruguay is controlled by the agricultural sector.
What is the unemployment rate of your country (by percentage)?
In Uruguay the unemployment rate is of 6.5%.
What is the percentage of contribution of its sectors?
Services needes by the population in Uruguay take 89.24% of the population; industries take a 5.03%; construction, a 5.56% and agricultura, a 0.12%.
Energy: production/consumption; exports/imports.
Uruguay consumed about 1100 MW while it produces about 1200MW per year. Uruguay imports about 160 MW and it exports about 150MW.
- DOMESTIC POLICY
Which are the current issues that affect your country in domestic policy?The three main issues that affect Uruguayans in domestic policy are drugs, teaching and public security.
Which are the main policies about healthcare?
The State is responsible for all the medical functions in Uruguay, and it provides free medical care for those who need it, particularly for the aged and those who cannot afford medical costs.
Which are the main policies about education?
Education in Uruguay is compulsory for a total of nine years. Under the initiative of Tabaré Vázquez, uruguay has approved and implemented a program called Ceibal Project which consists of having laptops for every Primary School Children.
Taxes and other revenues:
In Uruguay, taxes are collected by the General Taxation Directorate. The most important taces are the Value-added tax (22%), the Wealth tax (from 0.7% to 2.75%), and the Income tax.
Debt:
Uruguay’s debt in the year 2013 was of $17,61 billion.
- FOREIGN POLICY
Which are the main current issues that affect your country in foreign policy?Healthcare is an issue that affects the foreign policy.
Which are the main conflicts that have affected your country?
Some conflicts that have affected Uruguay were the colonization, the struggle for the Independence (1811),the ‘Guerra Grande’ (1839-1852), some social and economic developmented up to 1890, the modernization, the World War II and a dictatorship.
Which are the main conflicts that affect your country?
No conflicts affect Uruguay nowadays.
Military Expenditures/ spending on defense programs:
Armed forces personnel number about 14,000 for the Army, 6,000 for the Navy, and 3,000 for the Air Force.
- SOURCES USED FOR THE INVESTIGATION.
For politics: es.wikipedia.org; www.unodc.org.For society and people: es.wikipedia.org; www.regentsprep.org; climatechange.procon.org.
For economy: es.wikipedia.org; www.indexmundi.com; www.elpais.com.uy; www.datosmacro.com.
For domestic policy: es.wikipedia.org; www.factum.edu.uy.
For foreign policy: es.wikièdia.org.